Attitudes and Language

Couverture
Multilingual Matters, 1992 - 173 pages
The book aims to establish the concept of attitudes as more central to the study of minority and majority languages. The strong tradition of attitude theory and research from social psychology is made relevant to language restoration and decay. Original research shows how attitude to bilingualism is conceptually distinct from attitude to a specific language. A piece of research in Wales investigates the origins of language attitudes in individual differences and in environmental attributes.
 

Table des matières

The Nature of an Attitude
10
The Measurement of Attitudes
17
Research into Integrative and Instrumental Attitudes
33
Research into the Determinants of Language Attitudes
41
A Research Perspective
48
Attitudes to Bilingualism
76
Language and Attitude Change
97
A Research Perspective
114
Perspectives and Prospects
133
Technical Details of the Research
152
References
164
Index
171
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Attitudes and Language
Colin Baker
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Attitudes and Language
Colin Baker
Affichage d'extraits - 1992

Expressions et termes fréquents

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À propos de l'auteur (1992)

Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University. He has three bilingual children and has given talks for over 20 years to parents and teachers on bilingualism. His many publications on bilingualism include Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, which has been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Latvian, Greek and Mandarin and is now in its 5th edition (2011).

Informations bibliographiques

TitreAttitudes and Language
Volume 83 de Multilingual matters
AuteurColin Baker
Éditionillustrée, réimprimée
ÉditeurMultilingual Matters, 1992
ISBN1853591424, 9781853591426
Longueur173 pages
  
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